MY FIRST TEACHING PRACTICE

DESCRIBE
In my first teaching experience, I could realize that they were willing to learn English. They were paying attention and participating in class. Even though they felt afraid of making mistakes and they had a new teacher, students worked hard and tried to be involved in every activity. At the beginning, I did a warm up activity in which they had to fish but at the same time they were practicing what they had studied previously with the teacher. I could notice that some of them managed really well the topic, but for some of them, it was hard to answer some questions; so the warm up activity helped to know my students. During the class, I did some activities to help them understand better the topic. The topic was “the simple present”; so I used some flashcards and visual materials to make it easier. Fortunately, the students responded really well to the activities. Fortunately, students were really excited in all the activities that I think it helps when learning something new in your life.
(ANALYZE)		PLAN ACTION Next class, I am trying to give instructions clearly for them to understand and do thing quickly. And also I´ll try to encourage them with more energy. Maybe smiling or a loud voice can help them to get motivated to do something you have asked. Besides that, I am trying to make some activities in which students can help each other because since they are beginners, they need extra help to do something, and also will feel more comfortable to do it. So next time, pair or group work will be one of my tasks.
INTERPRET	GENERALIZE
With beginners, it is kind of hard to teach grammar since the teacher has to know how many words or concepts he is going to teach. I think it is important to measure it because you can´t overwhelm students with too much information. If you do that, they will get lost or confused at some point; so for me, it was a challenge to limit the information and to know when they had gotten it well.	Based on my practice, I know that monitoring is so important because in this way you help to the students. If you leave them alone doing exercises you do not know if they are doing well or if they are even doing the activity. Monitoring not only encourage students to do something but also support them. They feel comfortable because they know you are there to help them all the time. Being a teacher centered is good but only for a few seconds, maybe when explaining a topics or giving specific instructions.